Easily accessible and relatively safe. If the road is open then the area around the Tunnel should be at a low ava- lanche risk. Since the routes top out on the Homer Saddle / Moir ridge, then apart from cliff-bound snow, it is out of the firing line for large avalanches.
This cliff provides very good early season climbing, but its low altitude and aspect does mean that it is fairly susceptible to sunshine and rising temperatures. The short routes on the right-hand side of the cliff are well suited to less experienced climbers wanting practice. The turfy mixed routes in the centre section of the cliff rate among the best climbs in the country. The long mid-grade routes on the left hand section offer good traditional snow and ice climbs.
Access to the main part of the cliff is straight up from Homer Tunnel, keeping well clear of the slabby face of Belle
to the left of the tunnel. A lot of debris comes off this face, even in low avalanche risk conditions. The shorter, right-hand section of the Bluffs is also easily reached from the Homer Saddle path up through McPherson Cirque, unless there is a higher risk of avalanche. This section of the Bluffs might be useful for a short or bad weather day.
Descent from all the routes involves traversing the ridgeline back to Homer Saddle. Although reasonably straight- forward, it is very exposed, and a bit harder in winter than in summer. It can be time consuming in bad weather or darkness. For the lines on the left-hand side of the cliff, the descent essentially involves another full route.
Routes
| Reference | Title | Grade | Length | Pro | Quality | Operations |
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| 1 | Chuckle Vision | 3,III | 450m |  |
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| 2. | Night Vision | 3,III | 400m | |
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| 3 | Homer Sapiens | 3,III | 400m | |
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| 4 | The Vortex | 5,III | ||||
| 5 | Tunnel of Love | 5,III | 350m | |||
| 6 | Blurred Vision | 4,III | 350m | |
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| 7 | Double Vision | 2,III | 150m | |
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| 8 | The Visionary | 2+,II | 180m | |||
| 9 | No Vision | 4,II | 125m | |||
| 10 | Grovelly Chimney of Joy | 3,II | 60m | |
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| 11 | Dancing on a Tin Roof | 3,II | 70m | |||
| 12 | Failing Vision | 2,II | 80m | |
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| Mātuitui | 20 | 275m | 14 |
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| The Accesserbaiter | 20 | 300m | 12 |